ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,418, issued on Sept. 1.
"Application container with holding portion for application material" was invented by Kengo Kintaka (Kawaguchi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An application container for an application material includes a tubular member having a tube hole to moveably accommodate the application material in an axial direction of the tubular member, and an opening to expose the application material. A shape of the tube hole when viewed along the axial direction has a flattened shape having a major axis and a minor axis, the flattened shape extending substantially along the major axis. The tubular member includes a holdin...